Base for posts or poles.



`N0. 658,3I2. Patented Sept. I8, |900. C. L. BARRETT.

BASE FOR POSTS 0R POLES.

(Application led June 4, 41900.)

(No Model.)

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LUCIEN BARRETT, OF AFTON, VIRGINIA.

BASE FOR POSTS OR POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,312, datedSeptember 18, 1900.

Application filed June 4,1900. Serial No. 19,037. (No model.)

2b @ZZ whom it may con/cern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES LUGIEN BAR- RETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Afton, Nelson county, State of Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bases or Anchors forPosts or Poles, of which the following is a specification.

ing fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like, and is intended toprovide a very simple but effective base for upright posts or poles usedfor any purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the invention asapplied to a fencepost, while Fig. 2 shows my improved base as appliedto support a telegraph-pole.

My invention is primarily intended to form a base for a metal pole orpost, though I do not limit myself in this connection.

In Fig. l I form a base-plate A, preferably of a stiff met-al andlofsuitable size, and centrally of this plate a slot which is of the shapeof the post or pole in cross-section and is adapted to receive the endthereof. In the present case the post shown is of semicircular form incross-section, as shown at B, and I make the opening a in the base-plateof like configuration. J ust abovethe level of the base-plate I insert aCotter-pin through a perforation in the end of the post, which serves toprevent the downward movement of the post through the opening in thebase-plate. To support the post above the ground, I use two arch-shapedbraces crossing each othery and extending from the corners diagonally,one just above the other,l(shown at C.) The My invention relates tomeans for support' ends of these braces are riveted or 'otherwisesecured to the base-plates. The braces are continuous from diagonalcorners, and Where they cross each other they are provided with openingswhich conform to the cross-section of the post, the post passing throughthese openings and being supported by the Walls thereof. A Cotter-pin dpasses through a perforation in the post just beneath the lower brace,and this prevents the displacement of the post upwardly. Any form offence may be secured to the post in any suitable manner.

In Fig. 2 substantially the same construction is shown, except that itis applied to a form of telegraph-pole instead of to a fencepost.

I do not limit myself to the application of the invention shown, as itmay be applied in many other situations with advantageous re suits.

What I claim is- A base or anchor for posts, poles and the CHARLESLUCIEN BARRETT.

Witnesses:

J. E. FULTZ, W. B. GALLAHER, Jr.

